Dances

Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a self-willed type of dance which eludes definitions, both borrowing from and transcending other dance and art forms.

On this course, we shall study movement in an effort to find our own natural ways of movement and expression. The course consists of following but also creating short dance routines, and doing dance technique exercises. Technical virtuosity however is not expected. Please come as you are and proceed with a curious mind!

Korean Pop Dance

K-pop is a modern form of popular music in South Korea, which was influenced by different genres of music around the world (Western pop, rock, jazz, Latin, hip-hop, R&B, electronic dance, folk, classical, etc.) with traditional Korean music at its roots. There are over 100 artists and bands in K-pop, such as BTS, SNSD, Bigbang, IU, EXO, Blackpink, and so much more. With many K-pop artists, choreography and their dance performance is a very important part of their music, to which fans can follow and make covers of.

For the beginners

In the course, you will be able to learn about what K-pop is as a genre, by learning some choreographies of K-pop songs. We will only cover the chorus choreographies. Here is a list of songs in mind:

- As If It's Your Last / Forever Young by Blackpink

- Idol / MIC DROP by BTS

- Call Me Baby by EXO

- What Is Love? by TWICE

- I Got A Boy by SNSD

- and more if we have time!

For the beginners/advanced:

We will cover the whole choreography (or from the beginning to the chorus) of some songs. Some songs in mind are:

- Dalla Dalla by Itzy

- MIC DROP by BTS

If you have other suggestions, please email me (jinyoung.j.cho(at)student.jyu.fi).